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Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXIX. The Happy Dead. Upon a Maid

Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

HERE she lies, in bed of spice,

Fair as Eve in Paradise:

For her beauty, it was such

Poets could not praise too much.

Virgins, come, and in a ring

Her supremest Requiem sing;

Then depart, but see ye tread

Lightly, lightly o’er the dead.